Post on 03-Jun-2020
Nurturing nature-based
resilience for cities Create more liveable, resilient cities through
substantially increasing the introduction of nature-based solutions and enhancing natural systems.
Our vision:
A prosperous, inclusive, climate resilient society with a
circular, net-zero emissions economy by 2030.
Our mission:
To catalyse systemic change for climate action.
Cities:
We convene and catalyse diverse communities to innovate
for systemic changes at scale in cities - to deliver the greatest
possible prosperity, inclusivity and climate resilience for urban
communities.
EIT Climate-KIC Strategy
Urban
Transitions
Sustainable Productions
Systems
Low-carbon materials
Climate innovation clusters
Industry transition
Food value chains
Ecosystem services, CCS & low-carbon materials substitution
Sustainable Land
Use
Climate-smart agriculture
Climate-risk information
Decision Metrics and Finance
Decision metrics
Climate finance
Retrofit & clean decentralised energy
Nature-based solutions (NBS) Mobility
Why?
Over 1980-2016, the economic losses caused by weather and
climate-related extremes in EEA member countries amounted to €
436 billion (in 2016 Euro values). In Copenhagen alone insurance
damages were estimated at €650–700 million after extreme rainfall
in 2011.
The Paris Agreement, SDGs, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda
NBS offer several opportunities for cities:
- a) citizens health & wellbeing (enhanced physical and mental
health of residents, safety to natural hazards, etc.)
- b) urban liveability (improved air quality, comfort levels,
reduced noise, regulated temperatures, community cohesion,
etc.)
- c) climate adaptation & mitigation (water management,
climate resilience, biodiversity, etc.)
The increased efforts needed for urban resilience present a major
business opportunity.
Nurture nature-based resilience for
cities
Londoners avoid £950 million per
year in health costs due to public
green space.
The City of Philadelphia found the
net present value of NBS for
storm-water control ranged from
$1.94 - $4.45 billion, while grey
infrastructure benefits ranged from
only $0.06 - $0.14 billion over 40
yrs.
Near-zero-energy Zagreb
University Campus achieved:
building energy consumption was
26% lower
+ 10% property values for homes
on tree lined streets and increased
dwell time in retail areas.
Nurture nature-based resilience for
cities
Our NBS theory of change:
Needs-based evidence, data & knowledge
Training & capacity building
Knowledge dissemination
New governance, business models & financial
mechanisms
Optimised policy, regulatory & administrative
frameworks
New disruptive NBS technologies & flagship
projects
Citizen Health
Climate
Adaptation &
Mitigation
Urban Liveability
Innovation Portfolio
EIT Climate-KIC Later Stage Nature-based solutions Portfolio 2018
Demonstrator
Scaler
Urban Challenges
Urban Cool Islands Demonstration of the technical
performance, business model
and scalability of evaporative
pavements integrated with
vegetation and depolluting road
gullies to tackle UHI in 3
countries.
Milano District Developing district-scale energy
and water to achieving resilience
and accelerating de-
carbonisation by align policies,
scale and capital
in ways that can be replicated
across the city.
Polder Roof Fieldlabs Validating the use of the polder
roof as both a storm water
management solution (in the
Netherlands) and as a tool to
tackle drought (in Italy) in 4
cities.
Historic Districts Collaboration across 6 cities from
five European Mediterranean
countries to transform their
historic
districts towards fairer, more
climate resilient and inclusive
communities.
Paris Urban Challenge 1) transport, 2) local production
and recovery of renewable
energy, and 3) innovative ways
to manage heatwaves and
urban heat islands
City Tree Scaler Testing and validating a new
City Tree model in Modena;
featuring special moss cultures
and ventilators that actively
intercept air pollutants.
Smart Sustainable District
Reinventing Cities Catalysing private
consortia to develop plans and
commitments to transform empty
plots, abandoned buildings,
underused car parks, and former
industrial sites in 12 global cities.
Valencia La Pinada The neighbourhood aims at
eliminating C02 emissions
through building performance
and on-site clean energy
sources, circular water
management systems and
nature-based solutions.
Rimini, Italy
Open innovation
framework to source
innovative solutions for
sea-side
regeneration
masterplan (Urban
Challenge Rimini)
Modena, Italy,
Copenhagen,
Denmark,
Brussels, Belgium
Moss cultures that
intercept air
pollutants in urban
ambient air
(City Tree)
London, UK
Planning and
modelling tools to
incorporate NBS in
early stage urban
planning
(Blue Green Solutions)
Veijle, Denmark
Transparent
pavements to store
excess water during
heavy storms
(Transparent Urban
Waterways)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Public-private
partnership models for
NBS compensation to
reduce risks for urban
flooding (Nordic
Ideator)
Denmark, Sweden,
Portugal, Cyprus
Matchmaking
Event: Building
Green, Resilient
Cities
NBS Portfolio Highlights
Londo
n
Lisbon
Modena
Rimini
Gothenbur
g Veijle
Cyprus
Brussels
Delft
Toulouse
Copenhagen
The Netherlands,
Italy
Storm water and
drought roof
management system
(Polder Roof)
Toulouse, France
Rimini, Italy
Evaporative circular
pavements (Urban
Cool Islands)
STAGE
A suite of modelling, learning and planning tools to integrate nature-based
infrastructure solutions into early planning stages.
Awarded the Business Green Technology Award for Research and
Development Programme in 2015.
IMPACT
Natural resource improved, improved biodiversity, greater resilience, carbon
sink, improved air quality, energy saved, water management efficiency,
improved well-being, increased living environment quality.
Zagreb University Campus: with overall energy savings of 88% for heating,
92% for cooling and 60% for electricity.
SCALE
Through EIT Climate-KIC’s partner network, 13 demonstration and research
sites have been set up across Europe (including Zegreb, London and
Budapest).
EIT Climate-KIC supported the development, launch and training sessions
of the BGS guide for urban planning practitioners.
Case-Studies: Blue Green Solutions
STAGE
Opensource interactive touch table used in design workshops to assess the
effectiveness and costs of differing adaptation interventions.
Output from the BGS EIT Climate-KIC Demonstrator project.
IMPACT
Climate change and socio-economic developments lead to increased
vulnerability of urban areas for flooding, drought and heat stress.
Implementation of adaptation measures can make our environment more
resilient to the hazards of extreme weather.
Decision support tool to support the collaborative planning of adaptation
measures (more specifically 62 blue-green measures for ecosystem-based
adaptation within a site-specific context).
SCALE
Examples of application include: solutions for the flooding and heat stress
problem in the Chota district of Beira (Mozambique), reconstruction of the
Centre-West area of Utrecht, and urban drainage for Decoy Brook
catchment (London).
Case-Studies: Adaptation Support
Tool
STAGE
Green City Solutions has developed a patented solution, called “CityTree”,
which features special moss cultures that intercept air pollutants in urban
ambient air.
The CityTree takes up floor space of 3.5 m² including a bench, or in the
slim-line version only 1.5 m², uses IoT technology, and produces its own
energy.
IMPACT
Contributes to both mitigating climate change and improving air quality.
One CityTree provides the fine dust binding capacity of up to 275 normal
trees.
City Trees are now in more than 25 cities and Europe (including
Amsterdam, London and Brussels).
SCALE
Under the EIT Climate-KIC’s scaler program the company is testing and
validating a new model (with ventilators) in Modena.
EIT Climate-KIC brokered the pan-European consortium as the start-up
approached us with the need to have real world measuring of impact
beyond test labs.
Case-Studies: City Tree
STAGE
Use of Microsoft HoloLens as a decision support system for
urban resilience.
IMPACT
Urban resilience is a field with challenges in decision making
requiring long-term objectives which are often defined by
short-term decisions.
Using serious gaming can help make decisions by
presenting information relevant to key questions in an
understand manner and that will help to answer 'what if'
questions for the long-term.
Presented at Delft Software days (700 participants)
SCALE
EIT Climate-KIC supported Hydrolens as a Pathfinder
Innovation Project to explore the technical possibilities and
market opportunities
Case-Studies: Hydrolens
STAGE
An Open Innovation approach to source NBS to combine with the Rimini
seafront regeneration project.
Aim to extend drainage capacity and improve thermal comfort.
IMPACT
Rimini faces heat islands and extreme precipitation: in 2013 extreme rainfall
resulted in flooding with reported damages to 406 households and 38
productive sites; and June to Sept the climate record reports 43.8 days in
which temperatures exceed 30 °C.
55 local stakeholders attended the Solution Pitching Event.
The 3 best NBS providers will become part of the Rimini waterfront
redevelopment (a 4.5 million EUR project).
SCALE
The project implemented the Urban Challenges programme structure for
Open Innovation: define, discover, analyse and connect.
EIT Climate-KIC helped source solution providers from its innovation
community.
Case-Studies: Greening the Sea Side,
Italy
STAGE
Demonstration of the technical performance, business model and
scalability of evaporative pavements and depolluting road gullies.
EIT Climate-KIC Demonstrator project (2018 – 2020) led by Veolia.
IMPACT
Aimed at reducing the temperature of public spaces and improving
inhabitants comfort and well-being through the use of evaporative
pavements supplied with non-drinkable water.
Urban Cool Islands is the first solution to cool public spaces using
evaporative pavements and depolluting road gullies.
SCALE
Physical demonstration sites planned for Toulouse (France) in the heart
of the Toulouse Aerospace innovation area, as well as in Rimini (Italy) as
part of the waterfront redevelopment (a 4.5 million EUR project).
Business models tested in France, Italy and Spain.
Case-Studies: Urban Cool Islands
STAGE
Validate the use of the polder roof as both a storm water management
solution and as a tool to tackle drought through an EIT Climate-KIC
Demonstrator project (2018 – 2020).
The Metropolder company is a spinoff of De Dakdokters, an EIT Climate-
KIC accelerator participant in 2014.
IMPACT
The system buffers and holds water while functioning as the foundation of a
urban surface (e.g green roof, garden, farm or park).
Using a Smart Flow Control (SFC), the Polder roof functions as a dynamic
water buffer: containing sensors which measure rainfall, temperature, water
height and wind speed. The water held on the roof can be remotely
adjusted.
SCALE
Currently there are ten functioning Polder roof systems in the Netherlands
and many more in engineering stage.
Large-scale physical demonstration site planned for Delft (Netherlands) and
smaller sites in four Italian cities to tests the solution under to different
climatic extremes.
Case-Studies: Polder Roof
STAGE
Vejle Kommune and EIT Climate‐KIC held in March 2016 a 24‐hour
Climathon on Vejle’s flooding issues. "Transparent Urban Waterways" was
the winning idea. This Pathfinder project (2017) explored its feasibility.
IMPACT
The city district Vestbyen in Vejle is an area severely affected by floods. In
the area there is public interest in solving the flooding problems from both
local citizens' groups, the local housing association, Vejle Spildevand A/S
and the cultural hub Spinderihallerne.
Aim to develop a modular rainwater management system, which can be
placed instead of traditional pavement.
Acting as a retention pond for rainwater while also as an enrichment to the
urban space with features of art and light, when there is no water.
SCALE
Project concluded that the TUW product will have a competitive price
compared to traditional pipe based solutions and that it would contribute in
solving water capacity problems in the area of Vejle Vest.
Next step would be prototype development and feasibility testing.
Case-Studies: Transparent Urban
Waterways
STAGE
Investigation into the feasibility of a service based on the integration of a
suite of existing software tools that simulate the adoption of urban NBS and
estimate the multiple impacts and multidisciplinary interactions, with the aim
of setting priorities for more effective urban planning.
The tool integrates three existing software packages: ENVI-met, i-Tree, and
Micro-Swift-Spray
IMPACT
The Service is a decision support tool to support local Administration in
optimising their strategic actions by the proper and efficient implementation
of NBS in cities.
SCALE
Through the EIT Climate-KIC Pathfinder project (2017) the service was
successfully implemented for an urban street context in Modena (Italy).
Case-Studies: Nature Based
Assessment Tool for Smart and
Sustainable Urban Planning
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